EU Delays High-Risk AI Rules to December 2027
Embedded-product obligations stretch to August 2028 under the May simplification.
SpaceX Agrees to Buy Cursor for $60 Billion in Stock
CNBC reported in June that the AI coding startup deal was expected to close in the third quarter.
Palo Alto Networks and CrowdStrike Lead Q1’s AI Security Acquisitions
Crunchbase said Palo Alto bought agentic endpoint firm Koi for about $400 million and CrowdStrike bought SGNL for about $740 million.
AI Startups Have Bought 195 Other AI Companies in 2026, Crunchbase Says
OpenAI alone has done 10 deals through September 29.
Socure Raises $156 Million at a $5.2 Billion Valuation and Buys Fravity
The identity verification company acquired an agentic fraud-investigation startup; neither company disclosed a price.
Automation Anywhere to Acquire Boost.ai to Expand Customer-Facing Voice AI
The company announced on October 8 that it will buy the conversational AI firm from Nordic Capital.
Rein Security Raises $25 Million to Secure AI Agents at Runtime
The Series A brings total funding to $35 million; customers include Flex, Swimlane, Lemonade and Dun & Bradstreet.
Island Raises $400 Million at a $6.4 Billion Valuation as AI Attacks Fuel Security Spending
Evolution Equity Partners led the September round for the enterprise browser security company.
Instinct Raises $1 Billion and Armadin Raises $255.5 Million in a Week Dominated by AI
Crunchbase’s early-October roundup led with a $1 billion round for an everyday-tasks AI assistant.
Ghost, an AI Agent Hardware Startup Led by a 19-Year-Old Founder, Raises $11 Million
Andreessen Horowitz led the round for a computer built for personal AI agents.